Shotgun Bleg
So, my birthday is coming up next month, and in a little over 50 days we’ll have an election. And Hunting season is here. All adds up to - its time to buy another gun.
For awhile, I was thinking about plopping some change down on a Homeland Security Rifle - some evil liberal scaring nightmare rifle. But in recent weeks my thoughts have drifted towards something more Kerryesque - namely a nice side by side shotgun for bird hunting (don’t EVEN start on the idea of getting an O/U).
Now, I have a side by side - its a 12 gauge hardware gun that was my fathers. Its got some nice scroll work on it, and actually comes to point fine. But its a little heavy, and frankly it just isn’t as nice as some of the old school side by sides.
What I really want is a 16 gauge SxS. I have an old single shot 16 gauge - with some gorgeous walnut on it. But want a SxS. Unfortunately, I’ve yet to find one in my price range. So, I’m willing to look at 12’s and 20s and 28s. Amongst the guns I’m looking at is a German Guild Gun.
And thats where my question comes - what do they mean by Guild Gun?
And does anyone have info on German Guild Guns?
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I’d never heard of a “guild gun”, but the Internet came through: here.
A guild gun appears to be a gun made by an association (guild) of gunmakers, each working in their speciality (or several in each specialty, working as a group), producing guns often with no particular maker’s mark.
Quality is said to vary gun-by-gun or guild-by-guild, and lacking a maker’s mark it can be hard to tell who made it.
So, a matter for individual inspection and decision, it looks like.
Comment by Sigivald — September 10, 2008 @ 3:45 pm
I’ll bite. Why not an O/U?
Comment by jetfxr69 — September 10, 2008 @ 6:27 pm
jetfxr,
in some circles, that question is on the level of AR15 vs AK47 or Glock vs 1911.
Hmm, maybe it deserves its own DEATHMATCH!!!
Comment by countertop — September 10, 2008 @ 9:30 pm
But, there are a few reasons.
First, and foremost, they just look right. And feel right.
2nd, I like the double triggers.
3rd, for hunting I like the wide sight plane - lets me better visualize the pattern spread.
4th, on a nice SxS, I just find them weighted better.
Did I say they look nicer??
Comment by countertop — September 10, 2008 @ 9:33 pm
OK. BTW, If you’ve lost ANY weight at all this year, I owe you a round of clays or two. I’m out of town through the weekend, but feel free to email and we’ll set something up if you’re interested.
Comment by jetfxr69 — September 10, 2008 @ 9:51 pm
well, I did lose weight. But then gained it back.
I’m down, probably a total of 10 pounds now. I actually need to lose another 10 pounds by the 1st week of November for my next Doctors appointment.
Comment by countertop — September 10, 2008 @ 9:57 pm
The big Dallas show is in Chantilly this weekend. There are usually lots of doubles there. Last 16 ga hammer gun I bought I cut down to 19 inches and use 20ga inserts, heh, of course it wasn’t exactly a pristine gun.
Comment by emdfl — September 11, 2008 @ 11:06 am
I’m curious about your side by side 12 ga. Universal, I found one exactly as you described and don’t know much about it other than it is sitting on a rack in a pawn shop. It has 26″ barrels, chokes of unknown pattern, nice scroll work on receiver and stock, butt pad and they are asking $235. I would love to learn more about this gun, it has some character to it and I’m interested in buying for duck hunting here in south TX.
Comment by Charles Benavides — November 2, 2008 @ 9:22 pm